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Community Policing

The Community Policing topic covers efforts by law enforcement agencies and officers to partner with other branches of local government as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as churches, non-profit community groups, private businesses, to reduce crime and increase the quality of life for law-abiding citizens.
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Burglars shove homeowner in own gun closet, thief shot

One of the three thieves was shot in the shoulder and leg, falling in front of the house as the other two took off - Full Story

Columns

P1 First Person: Are police-community relations DRT? (part two) PoliceOne Contributors - P1 First Person

P1 First Person: Are police-community relations DRT? (part two)

By Pat Welsh PoliceOne Member In Danger, Duty and Disillusion: The Worldview of L.A. Police Officers (Wav... - Full Story

Columns

P1 First Person: Are police-community relations DRT? (part one) PoliceOne Contributors - P1 First Person

P1 First Person: Are police-community relations DRT? (part one)

By Pat Welsh PoliceOne Member Virtually every police officer in America joined the ranks of law enforc... - Full Story

News

Video: Crowd-sourced video could give police 3-D surveillance

This software in the works could potentially help police stitch together mass amounts of video in terrorist-type situations - Full Story

Exclusives

Sikh relations: What police officers should know

Sikh relations: What police officers should know

The Sikh community is the fifth-largest religion in the world, with 25 million Sikhs worldwide and half a million in the United States. - Full Story

Exclusives

Collaboration and coercion in community policing

Collaboration and coercion in community policing

Collaboration is an essential skill, but a skill that is seldom effectively taught. Coercion is taught well and therefore necessarily shows up where other skills are not balanced and acculturated. - Full Story

Tips

Are you an approachable officer?

The recent mass shooting in Arizona is a good example of how valuable it can be to interact with members... - Full Story

Tips

Generating voluntary compliance from a subject

The tone of voice you use and the words you speak in the first instant of contact with an individual... - Full Story



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with Garey McKee
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with Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D.